Support for bed-bottoms.



PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

H. G. GREEDON. SUPPORT FOR BED BOTTOMS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1906.

UNITED STATES HENRY o- CREEDON, or TOLEDO, OHIO.

PATENT OFFICE.

' SUPPORT FOR BED-BOTTOIVISI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Y Patented Sept. 18,1906.

Application filed May 21,4906. Serial No. 317,852.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. OREEDoN, of,

Toledo, county'of Lucas, and State of Ohio,

vention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form part;

treme ends being bent angularly to hold them of this specification.

This invention relates to bed-bottoms; and it has for its object toprovide a simple, inex-; pensive, easily assembled, and effective sup-'port for mattresses, cots, stretchers, and the ke, employing a frame ofwood or metal with a covering of Woven wire, linked fabric, or canvas.

A further object is to provide a bed-bot. tom with a support which shallmaintain the I flexible covering thereof in its original form andcondition and preserve the same from sagging and distortion.

A further object is to equalize and distribute the strain upon theflexible covering when two individuals of different weight recline uponthe bed, so that the flexible covering will at all times assume nearly atrue plane.

The invention consists in the novel combination, arrangement, and thedetails of con.- struction hereinafter shown, described, andspecifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrative of the invention, Figure 1 isa plan view of a woven-wire mattress, showing the flexible coveringthereof supported in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlargedview illustrating the construction of the rectangular frame of thesupport.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents end rails, and 2 side rails, ofthe mattress-frame, having a flexible covering 3, secured to the endrails, a fragment only of the covering being shown. In illustrating thea plication of my invention I have shown two ike supports arranged sideby side, and as they are identical in construction the description willsuflice for both. Each support comprises a substantially rectangularcentral frame and is constructed as follows: I take two metal tubes 4and 5 and pass two U-shaped wires or rods 6 and 7 through the same inopposite directions, as shown in Fig. 2, the intermediate portions ofthe U-shaped wires forming two i opposite sides of the central frame ofthe support and the tubes 4 and 5 forming the other sides of said frame.The portions 8 and 9 of the U-shaped wires which project through thetubes are then bent angularly, as shown in dotted lines a and b, Fig. 2,and the ends of said portions are connected to helical springs 10, whichare then attached to the end rails 1 by any suitable means. Also locatedwithin the tubes 4 and 5 and projecting from the ends thereof are wires11, the ends of which are inserted'into the flexible covering, the extheflexible covering and also to distribute the supporting means on eitherside' of the central frame. The portions 8 and 9 of the U-shaped wireswhere a double support is required are bent at a sharp angle andreturned, as at 12, and are joined together by a connecting-wire 13,which serves to divide the flexible covering along acentral line andalso assists to a considerable extent in supporting the fabric.

From the foregoing it is seen that I provide a support which is simpleand inexpensive in construction. It is apparent that the support may beattached to any ordinary woven-wire mattress by any one possessingordinary mechanical skill and that the same may therefore be constructedas an article of manufacture to be attached to any make of bed-bottom.For the purpose of shipping large quantities of the support parts may bepacked in a small space at a considerable saving in shipping charges.

Although I have shown the connectingwire 13 and also the transversesupportingwires 11 as a part of the structure in the double supportillustrated in Fig. 1, these parts are not essential to my invention,and may be dispensed with.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. The combination with a mattress-frame and the flexible coveringtherefor, of a rectangular support for the covering comprisingparallel-arranged tubes and interconnecting wires maintaining said tubesin position, and helical springs connecting the ends of said wires withthe frame, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a frame and a flexible covering therefor, of arectangular IIO support for said covering consisting, ofparallel-arranged tubes and U shaped wires inarranged tubes and U-shapedwires inserted in opposite directions through. said tubes, the ends. ofsaid Wires which project beyond the ends ofsaid; tubesbeing bentangularly, and helical. springsconnecting said 'wireends'with the frame,substantially as described.

4.. The combination with; a frame and the fiexible covering therefor,of. a rectangular support for said covering comprising parallelarrangedtubes and U-shaped wires inserted ingopposit'e directions through said.tubes, the intermediate portions of. said wires connecting; the ends ofsaid tubes and forming the sidesof-f the rectangular support, the endsof the wires rojectingthrough. the tubes being bent angu arly, andhelicalv springs connecting said: wire endsWiththe frame, substantiallyas described.

5.. The combination with a frame having end. and. side rails, and aflexible covering therefor attached to the end rails, of. a. pair ofrectangular supports for the covering arranged side by side and each.comprising a pair ofv spaced. transversely-arranged tubes and U shapedwires inserted in opposite directions through said tubes and having therojecting ends bent angularly toward the end'rails, helical springsconnecting said ends with the end rails of the frame, andtransyersely-arranged Wires disposed within said tubes and extendingbeyond the ends thereof, the ends of said wires being bent anguilarlyand inserted into the flexible covering,

the frame, the ends of said portions which adjoin each other being bentangularly rearward, a wire connecting said angular ends and supportingthe flexible covering along a centralv ine, and helical springsconnecting the outer ends of the portions 8 and 9 with the end rails of.the frame, substantially as described.

In. testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

HENRY C. CREEDON.

